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Organization of the Bible Pt 1
introduction
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Divisions
Groups
Books
Organization
“The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid” (Martin Luther).
Divisions
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2 main:
TestamentsOLD & NEW
“Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me” (D. L. Moody).
Groups
Within each testament
OT = 4
NT = 4
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Books of
LAW
PROPHECY
HISTORY
POETRY
OT
NTGOSPELS
History
LETTERS
Prophecy
“Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart” (Corrie Ten Boom).
Books in each group
Old Testament
L
A
W
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
H
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Y
Joshua
Judges
1 & 2 Samuel
1 & 2 Kings
1 & 2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
P
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T
R
Y
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
P
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MAJOR
Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Lamentations, Ezekiel,
Daniel
MINOR
Hosea, Joel, Amos,
Obadiah, Jonah, Micah,
Nahum, Habakkuk,
Zephaniah, Haggai,
Zechariah, Malachi
New Testament
G
O
S
P
E
L
S
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
H
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S
T
O
R
Y
Acts
L
E
T
T
E
R
S
Romans,
1 & 2 Corinthians,
Galatians, Ephesians,
Philippians, Colossians,
1 & 2 Thessalonians,
1 & 2 Timothy, Titus,
Philemon, Hebrews,
James, 1 & 2 Peter,
1,2 & 3 John, Jude
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Revelation
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